About Alur Village

Alur is a large village in Jevargi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,595, made up of 1,344 males and 1,251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1903.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585325, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Jevargi
Pincode	585325
Area (hectares)	1903.83 hectares
Population	2,595
Male Population	1,344
Female Population	1,251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alur compares

By the 2011 count Alur is the 28th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents. Its 1903.83 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Alur

Alur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alur from other places

Alur lies about 54 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nalwar, about 42 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Alur
Tehsil headquarters	Jevargi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Nalwar	42 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	54 km

Villages closest to Alur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jevargi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Alur

As per the Census of India 2011, Alur village had a population of 2,595. That makes it the 28th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents.

Alur village has 1,344 males and 1,251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alur has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Alur is 585325. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alur covers 1903.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alur falls under Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Alur is Nalwar, about 42 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alur.

Alur is about 54 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alur is in Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Jevargi is about 20 km away. Nalwar is about 42 km away. Gulbarga is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.